pasa · spread

What it means

pasa (פָּשָׂה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “spread”.

Extend; said of a mark on the skin or on a fabric that grows.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. For a mark to grow on skin or clothing.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• spread ×16
• spreads widely ×6

Where it appears

• Leviticus 13:5

  The priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if the sore has stayed as it was in his eyes and the sore has not spread in the skin, the priest shall isolate him seven days a second time.

• Leviticus 13:6

  The priest shall examine him on the seventh day a second time, and if the sore has faded and the sore has not spread in the skin, the priest shall declare him clean; it is an eruption; he shall wash his garments and be clean.

• Leviticus 13:7

  But if the eruption spreads widely in the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his purification, he shall show himself a second time to the priest.

• Leviticus 13:8

  The priest shall examine him, and if the eruption has spread in the skin, the priest shall declare him unclean; it is leprosy.

• Leviticus 13:22

  And if it spreads widely in the skin, the priest shall declare him unclean; it is a sore.

• Leviticus 13:23

  But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, it is the scar of the ulcer, and the priest shall declare him clean.

• Leviticus 13:27

  The priest shall examine him on the seventh day; if it has spread widely in the skin, the priest shall declare him unclean; it is a leprous sore.

• Leviticus 13:28

  But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread in the skin but it has faded, it is the swelling of the burn, and the priest shall declare him clean, for it is the scar of the burn.

• Leviticus 13:32

  The priest shall examine the sore on the seventh day, and if the ringworm has not spread and there has not been yellowish hair in it, and the appearance of the ringworm is not deeper than the skin,

• Leviticus 13:34

  The priest shall examine the ringworm on the seventh day, and if the ringworm has not spread in the skin and its appearance is not deeper than the skin, the priest shall declare him clean; he shall wash his garments and be clean.

• Leviticus 13:35

  But if the ringworm spreads widely in the skin after his purification,

• Leviticus 13:36

  the priest shall examine him, and if the ringworm has spread in the skin, the priest need not look for the yellowish hair; he is unclean.

• Leviticus 13:51

  He shall examine the mark on the seventh day; if the mark has spread in the garment or in the woven material or in the knitted material or in the skin, for whatever the skin is made for use, the mark is a malignant leprosy; it is unclean.

• Leviticus 13:53

  But if the priest examines it and, look, the mark has not spread in the garment or in the woven material or in the knitted material or in any article of skin,

• Leviticus 13:55

  The priest shall examine the mark after it has been washed, and if the mark has not changed its appearance —even though the mark has not spread— it is unclean; you shall burn it with fire; it is a corrosion, whether on its back or on its front.

• Leviticus 14:39

  The priest shall return on the seventh day and examine it, and if the mark has spread in the walls of the house,

• Leviticus 14:44

  the priest shall come and examine it, and if the mark has spread in the house, it is a malignant leprosy in the house; it is unclean.

• Leviticus 14:48

  But if the priest indeed comes and examines it, and, look, the mark has not spread in the house after the house has been plastered, the priest shall declare clean the house, for the mark has been healed.

And 4 more times.